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It is our vision that every student in North Carolina acquires the necessary knowledge, understandings, skills and dispositions that will empower them to become ethical and engaged leaders who serve their communities. [More]

Explore the Student Leadership Institute

For the past two summers, The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) hosted the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) on the campus of William Peace University in Raleigh.

SLI is a three-day service learning and character building initiative for rising fourth through twelfth grade students from across the state. The institute is designed to prepare students to take active roles in their schools and communities through character building, leadership development and service learning.

Participating students experienced the following:

Team and character building experiences

Minds-on learning from experienced trainers in service learning and leadership development

Hands-on learning at an experiential learning site

Tools and materials to support service learning, character building and leadership development

Take a look at the video to get a glimpse of this unique three-day experience.

Stay tuned and visit this site regularly for an update on 2014 SLI application information!